Snow Leopards and Other Big Cats Lesson

Big Cats

1. Why do leopards have spots?

Because they need to hide in the trees.

2. Why does a polar bear cover its black nose?

 Because it wants to hide in the snow.

​Cheetahs can run in bursts (short periods of time) at up to 115 to 130 Kilometers per hour (KPH).

Multiple Choice

How fast is a cheetah?

• 55 kph

• 100kph

• 115 kph / 130 kph

• 200 kph

Multiple Choice

The Clouded Leopard is found in

• South American

• Southest Asia

• Africa

• Europe

Multiple Choice

How many snow leopards are left in the wild?

• 600

• 6,000

• 60,000

• 600,000

Multiple Choice

Where are snow leopards found?

• Canada

• The Himalayas

• Africa

• Australia

Multiple Choice

Which country has more snow leopards than any other?

• Russia

• China

• Indonesia

• Thailand

Multiple Choice

Where can we find the Lynx?

• South American

• North America

• India

• Africa

Predator-Prey Graph

The Snowshoe Hare and the Canadian Lynx.

The Lynx is found in the United States and Canada, North America.

Where do they live?

• There are many land ecosystems: desert, deciduous forest, tundra, savanna, grasslands, etc. The Canadian lynx and snowshoe hare live in a land ecosystem called the coniferous forest.

• These ecosystems all have different climates. Scientists mainly look at temperature and precipitation for the climate of land biomes.

Adaptations to Cold, Snowy Environments

• Snowshoe hares have brown fur in the summers and white fur in the snowy winters in order to camouflage and evade the lynx.

• Canadian lynx have long legs and giant paws to be able to hunt hare in the snow.

• They have evolved together because snowshoe hare is 96% of the lynx's diet!

Multiple Choice

A liger is the result of a mixed by:

• Dad (Lion) & Mom (Lion)

• Dad (Tiger) & Mom (Lion)

• Dad (Tiger) & Mom (Tiger)

• Dad (Lion) & Mom (Tiger)

Multiple Choice

A tigon is the result of a mixed by:

• Dad (Lion) & Mom (Lion)

• Dad (Tiger) & Mom (Lion)

• Dad (Tiger) & Mom (Tiger)

• Dad (Lion) & Mom (Tiger)